Who are some English composers of the 19th Century?

There are plenty of 19th-century English composers who aren't particularly well known (especially outside of the UK).

Some of the best of these would include:

William Sterndale Bennett

Frederick Delius

John Field (actually Irish, but Ireland was under English/British control in the 19th century)

Alexander Mackenzie (OK, he was Scottish, but a very fine composer you shouldn't ignore)

Hubert Parry

Ethel Smyth

Charles Villiers Stanford (also Irish by birth, but lived and worked in England)

Arthur Sullivan

Samuel Wesley

And, of course, there's Edward Elgar, but he's hardly 'not well known'.

Many of these straddled the 18th/19th or 19th/20th centuries, but wrote notable music during the 19th century.

English Composers 19th Century

Can I offer an "Irishman"............Does he count......??

John Field (26 July 1782 – 23 January 1837) was an Irish pianist, composer, and teacher. He was born in Dublin into a musical family, and received his early education there. The Fields soon moved to London, where Field studied under Muzio Clementi. Under his tutelage, Field quickly became a famous and sought-after concert pianist; together, master and pupil visited Paris, Vienna, and St. Petersburg. The Russian capital impressed Field so much that he eventually decided to stay behind when Clementi left, and from about 1804 was particularly active in Russia.

Field was very highly regarded by his contemporaries and his playing and compositions influenced many major composers, including Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, and Liszt. He is best known today for originating the piano nocturne, a form later made famous by Chopin, as well as for his substantial contribution, through concerts and teaching, to the development of the Russian piano school.

Field became best known for his post-London style, probably developed in Moscow around 1807. The characteristic texture is that of a chromatically decorated melody over sonorous left hand parts supported by sensitive pedalling. Field also had an affinity for ostinato patterns and pedal points, rather unusual for the prevailing styles of the day. Entirely representative of these traits are Field's eighteen nocturnes and associated pieces such as Andante inedit, H 64. These works were some of the most influential music of the early Romantic period: they do not adhere to a strict formal scheme (such as the sonata form), and they create a mood without text or programme.[2] These pieces were admired by Frédéric Chopin, who subsequently made the piano nocturne famous, and Franz Liszt, who published an edition of the nocturnes based on rare Russian sources that incorporated late revisions by Field. Liszt's preface to said edition was an extensive eulogy for Field and his nocturnes.[

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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the English name of both an 1897 symphonic poem by Paul Dukas (1865-1935) (L'apprenti sorcier in French), and of a 1797 ballad by Goethe (Der Zauberlehrling in German), which inspired the musical work. Goethe, in turn, based his poem on Philopseudes, a story by Lucian of Samosata."

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